• tiredOfFascists@reddthat.com
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        So you learned enough about the history of computing to make claims like this, but not enough to know that practically all the first programmers were female and some even pioneered theory, techniques, and languages? For example Grace Hopper, who you are erasing from history here.

        I call bullshit. Either you purposely ignore these facts, or your sexism prevented them from being remembered when you learned them.

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        Grace Hopper literally invented the first software compiler.

        If you dismiss software engineering as a form of engineering, then you have no qualifications to be an engineer and no business even commenting.

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        Yeah very true, and credit where credit is due. The majority of “computers”, when that was a job title, were women who were very good at running quick calculations.

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                In my book mathematician implies someone who studies mathematics academically. Not someone who performs calculations for their job. By no means am I downplaying these women. In fact I’m certain they could do a lot of this stuff quicker than many or all academics.

                Ada Lovelace, who was mentioned in one of these comments as the first programmer, was a proper mathematician.

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      Lol, I’m sure. They invented the integrated circuit, the instruction set, and most modern day programming languages. But all of their achievements were hidden by mean, jealous men.

      Typically, smart and powerful people have the wherewithal and know-how to not let that happen, let alone en masse. That’s part of why we might consider them smart.

      The reality is that there were many female computer operators. Engineers and inventors, not so much. A few exceptions, but they were, as I have said, the exceptions.